Kowloon Central was a geographical constituencies in the election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1991, which elects two members of the Legislative Council using the dual-seat constituency dual vote system. The constituency covers Kowloon City District and Wong Tai Sin District in Kowloon.[1]
| Kowloon Central | |
|---|---|
| Former Geographical constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
 Boundary of Kowloon Central in Hong Kong | |
| District | Kowloon City District Wong Tai Sin District |
| Region | Kowloon |
| Electorate | 287,373 |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1991 |
| Abolished | 1995 |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | Kowloon Central (1995) Kowloon North-east Kowloon South |
A by-election was held on 5 March 1995 after Lau Chin-shek resigned from his office to protest against government's withdrawal of Employment Bill.[2]
The constituency was divided and replaced by the Kowloon Central, Kowloon North-east, and Kowloon South constituencies in 1995.[3]
Returned members
editElected members are as follows:[4]
| Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lau Chin-shek | UDHK | Conrad Lam | UDHK | ||
| 1994 | Democratic | Democratic | ||||
| 1995 (b) | Lee Cheuk-yan | CTU | ||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTU | Lee Cheuk-yan | Unopposed | |||
| CTU gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Democrats | Lau Chin-shek | 68,489 | 34.19 | ||
| United Democrats | Conrad Lam Kui-shing | 56,084 | 28.00 | ||
| FTU | Chan Yuen-han | 44,894 | 22.41 | ||
| Civic | Peter Chan Chi-kwan | 14,145 | 7.06 | ||
| Reform | Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin | 8,257 | 4.12 | ||
| Independent | John Dragon Young | 6,273 | 3.13 | ||
| Independent | Justin Cheung Chung-ming | 2,158 | 1.08 | ||
| Turnout | 110,043 | 38.29 | |||
| Registered electors | 287,373 | ||||
| United Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| United Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
References
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- ^ 雷, 競璇; 沈, 國祥 (1995). "香港選舉資料匯編, 1982年-1994年". 硏究叢刊 (19). 香港: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies.